Whaley v. Jones

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice BeEase.

John F. Sawyer, while a soldier in the World War, was granted war risk insurance on his life in the sum of $10,000. His mother, Eudora C. Sawyer, was the duly designated beneficiary. The insured died intestate in the County of Orangeburg, where he was domiciled, on December 3, 1922, leaving as his only heirs at law, his mother, Eudora C. Sawyer, and his brothers and sisters, to wit, Mrs. Annie S. Jones, Thomas W. Sawyer, Drew Sawyer, Bessie Sawyer, Julia Sawyer, and Mrs. Meta Hall.

The beneficiary, Mrs. Eudora Sawyer, received several…